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• Skype Goes Modern in Windows 8 App

  Just in time for the launch of Windows 8, Skype is getting a new modern-style app to take advantage of all the operating system's features.

• Skype Finally Brings Video Chat to Most Android Phones

  Skype <a href="http://blogs.skype.com/en/2011/08/skype_21_for_android.html">launched</a> an updated version of the video chatting software for Android smartphones, which now includes support for tablets and the most popular phones running the OS. Sam...

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  Facebook-Skype video calling: a getting-started guide

  Are you looking forward to using Facebook's new in-browser Skype-based video chat but still waiting for the service to hit your profile? If so, you can actually get started right now, and as you call your Facebook friends they will also be prompted t...

• Microsoft, Facebook could use Skype against Google

  Facebook may not have bought Skype, but the social networking company may still reap the benefits.

• Microsoft agrees to buy Skype for $8.5 billion

  Microsoft has agreed to buy Skype for $8.5 billion, the companies announced Tuesday.

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  Ultrafast broadband key to Fatso expansion

  Online DVD rental firm Fatso says it could launch a movie-streaming service with majority owner Sky, but that will not happen until Kiwis are hooked up to ultrafast broadband. The company, which has now ticked over 18,000 customers, will launch a re...

• Skype growth eats into international calls

  International phone traffic is on the slide and one research company reckons that a likely cause is the effect of VoIP service Skype.

• Facebook may ink Skype deal for online video chats

  Facebook is trying to work out a deal to integrate Skype's Internet phone service into the social network's site, according to reports.

• Nokia's smartphones get Skype client

  Skype and Nokia have released a new Skype client for the Symbian mobile OS.

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  At last, Skype set to launch iPhone application

  Skype is set to launch a mobile application for the iPhone on Tuesday, a long-awaited entry to Apple's App Store, and one for BlackBerry devices in May, Skype officials have confirmed.